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Mike9311  



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:42 am    Post subject: GTS Center Console Reply with quote

Hello Everyone

Starting a thread of its own for this part

Finally finally finally!!... have the latest version printing on a 3 day print. Have been working with a board member to push this project and get it done. Expecting sometime early Monday US Central Time. The journey to get to this point has been a tad nuts but we are here.

This version has influence from a real GTS console. My helper can identify himself if he would like He has been a great help

From those pics I added more curvature to follow actual console and not the original regular 924 center console like before. Mounting doesn't appear to be an issue either. not 100% finalized yet but I already have the original hanging in the Club Sport.

please see https://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=31912&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=330

I did however, have the face stay flat so it sits into the curvature, or stays flat to the face that is facing you with everything. Hope that makes sense??

Will see how its progressing in about an hour at 10 hours of print time. Its not the fun part until the end

Version 5 2024 as I call it. Feel free to comment, share thoughts, etc.




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924-76  



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great news! Happy to see progress on this project.
I'm looking forward to buy one. I volunteer to be a tester in my want-to-be GTS to provide feedback and pictures if you wish.

Cheers!
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Rico  



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would be in for 1 as well.
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Mike9311  



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do have a tester lined up already besides myself , thanks!

He had, what I consider, crazy access to an original 'unfinished' unit (or it was stripped and beat up). If you look at the GTS manual they only show the top half of the regular gauge cluster. So weird but it backs up what the images look like. Just a hand made custom part

So the first run failed but that was my fault. As soon as it failed I went for the long safer way while I figured it out which I did. Wish I would have waited and hour or two to restart but that's ok. 2nd print is 43% done on an almost four day journey. I won't be doing it this long way again.

Updates coming as soon as I have them.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Print should be done now after 4+ days. I am nowhere near it though
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Turned out decent. No carbon this time since its a test of the full version along with the other tweaks. Based on pics I think this region will have to be raised up to match the real version. This version's side curvature was taken directly from a scan of the regular 924 center console


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The back area in the pic above follows the driver side Euro shelf and dash nicely but now I have a 'duck bill' on top by the gauges

Adjusting the CAD now for version 6. With the dash the console gets tilted up when mounted and this resulted in the duck bill look at the top of the console above the three gauges

You can see that duck shape too in the above pic
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool factor 10/10.
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Mike9311  



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

morghen wrote:
Cool factor 10/10.


Thanks, I am pretty excited about this one but it creates a carpet problem I need to solve

Duck billed version installed. The install tilts / angles the whole console up so it needs to have an downward angle in the part to look ok. Will print one this weekend with improvements shown in CAD image below

Edit: Changed picture size test - Now I can see I can go a bit larger



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 4:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Phone tray to fix the carpet problem?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

morghen wrote:
Phone tray to fix the carpet problem?




Ok I successfully printed version 6 and still struggle with how I think it should look relative to original 'hand made' units. It looks to 'stiff', if you know what I mean, like someone uncomfortable in a suit. Its too close to how the stock 924 console looks like instead of the GTS. too square

You know what that means? Version 8

Added more curvature in version 8

I am shooting for a version of this



Currently Version 6 looks like this. Don't get me wrong, it looks good in the car, but I am still going to try this version 8 version which edges closer to the look of the above pic.







Version 8 now with front to back side curvature



Edit: One more view of version 8. ...My wife was just at the museum. I should have had her scan the original


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1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
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